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applied to fruit trees or delicate plants the quantity of oil was still less: a very weak 

 solution applied with a watering-pot, was said to be very efficacious against the larvte 

 of the cockchaflfer; and a strong solution, poured into the holes and down walls 

 infested by insects, was said to kill them rapidly. Another application of the solution 

 was to rid dogs and other animals of parasites; but the parts must be rubbed with 

 soap a few minutes after the solution was applied. 



Papers read. 



The following papers were read : — 



" Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Heteroniera" (conclusion); by Mr. F. 

 Bates. 



"On the Larva of Micropeplus Staphylinoides ;" by Sir John Lubbock, Bart. 



"On some points in the Anatomy of the immature Caenis macrura of Stephens;' 

 by Mr, A. E. Eaton. 



" A Tabular Comparison of some Representative Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera 

 in Europe, India, and North America ;" by Mr. W. F. Kirby. 



" In my paper on the geographical distribution of European Rhopalocera (Tr. Ent. 

 Soc. 3rd series, i. 481), I did not attempt any generalizations from the results arrived 

 at. It now appears to me that a Table showing the species common to Europe and 

 India, or North America, may be useful, with reference to the claims of representative 

 forms to be considered distinct. In some cases, as in Papilio Zelicaon, a named 

 representative is now allowed to be a variety ; in others, as in Pyrameis Callirrhoe, 

 it is con.sidered as indubitably a species. But my object is simply to start inquiry ; 

 I leave to others the decision of specific claims. A great number of European species 

 range through North Asia (those common to Europe and North Asia are indicated in 

 the Table by an asterisk), and I think it highly probable that many or most of these 

 will ultimately be found to extend to the north slope of the Himalayas. The absence 

 of continnous mountain chains running north and south will account for their wide 

 distribution over Europe and North Asia. The South Indian Fauna is still very 

 imperfectly known, but it is probably more African or Australian in character, and 

 much poorer in species, than that of the North. My authorities for North Asia are 

 Menetries and Bremer; for India, Horsfield and Moore's Catalogue, and subsequent 

 papers by Mr. Moore; and for America, Morris's Synopsis, published by the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. The letters N, S, E, W denote the points of the compass-. H in 

 the Indian column indicates a Himalayan species. 



Europe. 



*Papilio Machaon 

 *Pieris Brassier 

 „ Krueperi 



* „ Rapse 



* ,, Caliidice 



* „ Daplidice 

 Anthocharis Bella 



* „ Tag is 

 *Colias Pelidne (N) 



* „ Nastes (X) 



Indi.\. 



P. Machaon (H) 

 P. Nipalensis (N) 

 P. Gliciriae 

 P. Rapae (N) 

 P. Kalora (H) 

 P. Daplidice (N) 



A. Daphalis (H) 



North Amehica. 

 P. Zelicaon (W) 



P. Cruciferarum 

 P. Caliidice? (VV) 



A. Belia (W) 



C. Pelidne (N) 

 C. Nastes (N) 



